Several years ago Kinnear was based at the Mitchells Plain police station, but at the time of his murder, he was working as part of the province’s Anti-Gang Unit.15 9-mm firearms, 15 9-mm magazines and 225 9-mm rounds of ammunition that went missing from the Mitchells Plain police station’s community service centre between 1 April and 31 August 2017.
“It is a concern to lose firearms in that area. The [five officers] were employed as shift commanders and relief commanders at the time the loss occurred.”However, the arbitration award dated last week found that their dismissals were “substantively unfair,” and they should be retrospectively reinstated from when they were dismissed in May 2018 and up until February 2021 — meaning police should cough up more than R5.3-million to pay them from the time they were fired.
In the Mitchells Plain arbitration matter, the firearms that went missing and central to the case were part of a police “Stabilising Unit”. “Throughout these proceedings, the [South African Police Service] failed to provide whether there was any officer who was appointed as a designated member to oversee the safekeeping and control of the firearms…In the arbitration finding, Goss was therefore accused of “dereliction of duties”.He is seeking legal advice about certain claims that surfaced in the arbitration hearing and has questioned why certain witnesses, including himself, were not called to testify.
Another policeman mentioned in the arbitration finding was Brigadier Cass Goolam who also faced disciplinary measures relating to the missing firearms. He was suspended, but subsequently found not guilty and returned to work.“[Goolam] humbly begged Major-General Goss that there was huge risk of keeping the firearms at the station.
“There are also serious allegations that Major-General Goss might have been tied to the underworld gangs through his son. This implies that the loss of these firearms could have been a direct intent. To support this averment the investigation was shoddy, and it had no intention to pinpoint the culprits within [the] Unit,” the arbitration finding said.
So they got off Scott free. Then CyrilRamaphosa has the cheek to say they are fighting corruption.🤢🤮
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